Computational optimization of the performance of a heavy-duty natural gas pre-chamber engine

X Liu, M Silva, B Mohan, AS AlRamadan, E Cenker… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimization of the performance of a heavy-duty natural gas active pre-chamber (PC) engine
was conducted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Seven different …

Using ducted fuel injection to attenuate or prevent soot formation in mixing-controlled combustion strategies for engine applications

RK Gehmlich, CJ Mueller, DJ Ruth, CW Nilsen… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Ducted fuel injection is a strategy that can be used to enhance the fuel/charge-gas mixing
within the combustion chamber of a direct-injection compression-ignition engine. The …

Ducted Fuel Injection: Experimental and numerical investigation on fuel spray characteristics, air/fuel mixing and soot mitigation potential

F Millo, A Piano, BP Paradisi, L Postrioti, L Pieracci… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Enhancing mixture preparation upstream of the premixed autoignition zone is a solution to
reduce soot emission formation in compression ignition engines. With this aim, in recent …

Using ducted fuel injection to attenuate soot formation in a mixing-controlled compression ignition engine

CW Nilsen, DE Biles, CJ Mueller - SAE International Journal of Engines, 2019 - JSTOR
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) has been proposed as a strategy to enhance the fuel/charge gas
mixing within the combustion chamber of a direct-injection mixing-controlled compression …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the ducted fuel injection concept for medium duty engines and multi-hole nozzles: An optical analysis

JV Pastor, C Micó, F Lewiski, U Bin-Khalid - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI) is a strategy still in development, which has proved to be
effective in reducing soot emissions in compression ignition engines. It works by driving the …

Large eddy simulation of fuel-air mixing process in a convergent-divergent duct spray under non-vaporizing conditions

T Chen, Y An, S Shen, H Shi, Y Pei, K Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The spray mixing process can be improved via straight (ST) duct fuel injection, but there is a
risk of potential heat transfer loss due to prolonged spray tip penetration (STP) and spray …

Ducted fuel injection vs. conventional diesel combustion

CW Nilsen, DE Biles, BF Yraguen, CJ Mueller - SAE International Journal of …, 2021 - JSTOR
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a technique to attenuate soot formation in compression ignition
engines relative to conventional diesel combustion (CDC). The concept is to inject fuel …

Early investigation of ducted fuel injection for reducing soot in mixing-controlled diesel flames

R Fitzgerald, K Svensson, G Martin, Y Qi… - SAE International Journal …, 2018 - JSTOR
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a develo** technology for reducing in-cylinder soot formed
during mixing-controlled combustion in diesel compression ignition engines. Fuel injection …

Ducted Fuel Injection versus Conventional Diesel Combustion

CW Nilsen, DE Biles, BF Yraguen, CJ Mueller - SAE International Journal of …, 2020 - JSTOR
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) has been shown to attenuate engine-out soot emissions from
diesel engines. The concept is to inject fuel through a small tube within the combustion …